Biography
Mark Siljander was a former Republican congressman from Michigan and an ardent social conservative and fundamentalist Christian. He is also the author of "A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide", and worked with the Islamic American Relief Agency, an Islamic charity with ties to terrorism.
Because the IARA is a terrorist organization in the eyes of the US government, it hired Siljander to lobby the government on its behalf in 2004.
Siljander concealed these ties from the public and lied to FBI agents about his relations with the IARA. For this, he was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison.
Donald Trump pardoned Mark Siljander in 2020, citing his anti-abortion record.
Official locator review October 13, 2026: The BOP locator, queried with publicly documented number 20611-045, returns MARK DELI SILJANDER, age 75, and not in BOP custody as of January 11, 2013. The full name and age are consistent with the original DOJ sentencing report. January 11 replaces the unsupported January 10 endpoint. The observation is preserved in this audit; admission remains blank and no continuous duration is guessed.
The public October 21, 2008 indictment identifies the defendant’s complete birth date.
